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Posted by droptix at Mar 26, 2022, 9:08:58 PM
Batch rendering sunlight
Is it possible to create a batch series of rendered images in quality level 3 incl. sunlight simulation and from bird's eye view?

As a result I want to get a series of images (or a video) that shows the shadow direction and length of my house. I want this for the time between 11AM and 9PM per day (one image per hour) and create this set of images for every week of a year - all from the same perspective (bird's eye view).

Could I
- either "feed" the renderer with a text file containing date + time entries per image
- create my own script and programatically control the renderer window

? Many thanks.

Posted by Puybaret at Mar 27, 2022, 4:20:46 PM
Re: Batch rendering sunlight
If 3D view > Create photos at points of view menu item isn't enough for you, you could try to inspire yourself from the ConsolePhotoGenerator application explained here and here.
Instantiating a Camera object at different times shouldn't be difficult.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator